© Copyright 1999 by the Wyoming Department of Employment, Research & Planning

Wyoming County Unemployment Rates
data produced by: David Bullard, Economist

"Wyoming's unemployment rate remained below the U.S. unemployment rate for the second month in a row."

Labor Force Employed Unemployed Unemployment Rates
REGION-or-County Aug 99 (p) Jul 99 (r) Aug 98 (b) Aug 99 (p) Jul 99 (r) Aug 98 (b) Aug 99 (p) Jul 99 (r) Aug 98 (b) Aug 99 (p) Jul 99 (r) Aug 98 (b)
NORTHWEST 47,720 48,392 47,430 45,443 45,748 44,942 2,277 2,644 2,488 4.8 5.5 5.2
Big Horn 5,581 5,558 5,736 5,291 5,204 5,416 290 354 320 5.2 6.4 5.6
Fremont 17,534 17,684 17,439 16,422 16,432 16,226 1,112 1,252 1,213 6.3 7.1 7.0
Hot Springs 2,380 2,486 2,464 2,298 2,370 2,374 82 116 90 3.4 4.7 3.7
Park 17,247 17,635 17,067 16,718 17,027 16,489 529 608 578 3.1 3.4 3.4
Washakie 4,978 5,029 4,724 4,714 4,715 4,437 264 314 287 5.3 6.2 6.1
NORTHEAST 43,590 43,740 43,550 42,053 42,020 41,871 1,537 1,720 1,679 3.5 3.9 3.9
Campbell 19,832 19,744 19,336 19,051 18,886 18,548 781 858 788 3.9 4.3 4.1
Crook 3,020 3,063 3,086 2,931 2,963 2,971 89 100 115.0 2.9 3.3 3.7
Johnson 3,891 3,988 3,923 3,789 3,869 3,803 102 119 120 2.6 3.0 3.1
Sheridan 13,705 13,753 13,913 13,258 13,238 13,393 447 515 520 3.3 3.7 3.7
Weston 3,142 3,192 3,292 3,024 3,064 3,156 118 128 136 3.8 4.0 4.1
SOUTHWEST 55,905 56,322 55,245 53,825 53,968 53,241 2,080 2,354 2,004 3.7 4.2 3.6
Lincoln 6,475 6,504 6,455 6,207 6,181 6,171 268 323 284 4.1 5.0 4.4
Sublette 3,299 3,288 3,416 3,219 3,195 3,324 80 93 92 2.4 2.8 2.7
Sweetwater 20,397 20,812 20,835 19,408 19,703 19,898 989 1,109 937 4.8 5.3 4.5
Teton 14,586 14,560 13,349 14,443 14,420 13,239 143 140 110 1.0 1.0 0.8
Uinta 11,148 11,158 11,190 10,548 10,469 10,609 600 689 581 5.4 6.2 5.2
SOUTHEAST 68,835 70,056 67,495 67,004 68,094 65,501 1,831 1,962 1,994 2.7 2.8 3.0
Albany 17,451 17,517 16,495 17,190 17,246 16,180 261 271 315 1.5 1.5 1.9
Goshen 6,108 6,222 6,218 5,915 6,011 5,962 193 211 256 3.2 3.4 4.1
Laramie 39,682 40,653 39,132 38,505 39,380 37,924 1,177 1,273 1,208 3.0 3.1 3.1
Niobrara 1,308 1,305 1,305 1,277 1,281 1,272 31 24 33 2.4 1.8 2.5
Platte 4,286 4,359 4,345 4,117 4,176 4,163 169 183 182 3.9 4.2 4.2
CENTRAL 48,754 49,457 48,803 46,714 47,253 46,561 2,040 2,204 2,242 4.2 4.5 4.6
Carbon 8,304 8,449 8,740 8,016 8,133 8,407 288 316 333 3.5 3.7 3.8
Converse 6,746 6,720 6,958 6,490 6,440 6,646 256 280 312 3.8 4.2 4.5
Natrona 33,704 34,288 33,105 32,208 32,680 31,508 1,496 1,608 1,597 4.4 4.7 4.8
STATEWIDE 264,807 267,965 262,521 255,040 257,081 252,114 9,767 10,884 10,407 3.7 4.1 4.0
Statewide Seasonally Adjusted 4.4 4.5 4.8
U.S. 4.2 4.5 4.5
U.S. Seasonally Adjusted 4.2 4.3 4.5

Prepared in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Benchmarked 02/99. Run Date 09/99.
Data are not seasonally adjusted except where otherwise specified.
(p) Preliminary.
(r) Revised.
(b) Benchmarked.
NOTE: The Current Population Survey (CPS) estimated the 1998 annual average Wyoming unemployment rate at 4.8 percent. The 90 percent confidence interval for this estimate suggests that in 9 out of 10 cases, the interval 4.2 to 5.4 percent would contain the actual rate.


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